HST.510 | Fall 2005 | Graduate

Genomics, Computing, Economics, and Society

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Personalized medicine is the diagnosis and treatment of patients using knowledge of characteristics that are unique to a given a patient, such as genotype and personal history. (Figure by MIT OCW.)

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Illustration of human figure and internal organs.
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Personalized medicine is the diagnosis and treatment of patients using knowledge of characteristics that are unique to a given a patient, such as genotype and personal history. (Figure courtesy of MIT OpenCourseWare.)
Illustration of human figure and internal organs.